Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-06-02

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 2
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
13 vs last sale 43 69 vs year ago 99 · 69.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
9 vs last sale 13 8 vs year ago 12 · 66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 3 2 vs year ago 6 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $110.31/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$110.31
16 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$356
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small and Medium 3
$88.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
28.89
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3490147.007202thin
Medium and Large 1-2625139.638738thin
Small and Medium 361759.003646thin
One grade step is worth $88.00/cwt here — about $356 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
110.31
KY average18 barns · 3,473 hd
139.20
−28.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Low95337.403562thin

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450148.00/cwt148.00–148.006661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535131.00/cwt131.00–131.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007223
SteersSmall and Medium 361759.00/cwt59.00–59.003646
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622125.70/cwt124.50–126.007825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758125.00/cwt125.00–125.009482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284095.00/cwt95.00–95.007981
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,095.00/cwt1,095.00–1,095.0012,4281
CowsLean 85-90%1,170825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,6531
CowsLean 85-90%95337.40/cwt34.00–40.003562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765850.00/cwt850.00–850.006,5031
SteersMedium and Large 2-3490147.00/cwt147.00–147.007202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590144.00/cwt144.00–144.008504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470159.00/cwt159.00–159.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655132.00/cwt132.00–132.008651

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.